Silver, Sword and Stone. The Story of Latin America in Three Extraordinary Lives, Paperback - Marie Arana

A thousand years of Latin American history, told through the three obsessions that have held the region tightly in its grip.

A thousand years of Latin American history, told through the three obsessions that have held the region tightly in its grip.

Reducere. Winner, American Library Association Booklist's Top of the List, 2019 Adult Nonfiction Acclaimed writer Marie Arana delivers a cultural history of ...

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The past decade has seen major political upheaval in Latin America--from Brazil to Chile to Venezuela to Bolivia--but to understand what happened, ...

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Bob BlaunerNumber of pages: 408Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 30Cover type: Pape...

The dramatic life of the revolutionary hero Bolivar, who liberated South America - a sweeping narrative worthy of a Hollywood epic.

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This book charts the lives and service careers of the three Muller-Rowland brothers. All three flew RAF low-level operations and all three gave the...

With Latin America home to some of the most draconian bans on abortion in the world, abortion rights is one of the most controversial and hotly-con...

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The story of how Latin and Arabic spread across the Mediterranean to create a cosmopolitan world of letters.Publisher: The University of Chicago Pr...

Reducere. Tear-jerking romance about tragedy, moving on and second chances from the author of 2018 hit }One Day In December{.

Reducere. DescriptionHow silver influenced two hundred years of world history, and why it matters todayThis is the story of silver's transformation from soft...

This volume examines the lives of more than thirty-five key personalities in Latin American law with a focus on how their Christian faith was a fac...

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Gripping account of heroism in the face of near certain disaster. Includes first person accounts from the sailors aboard the Marblehead. Written by...

Reducere. Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an o...

Publisher: De GruyterAuthor(s): W. Charles SawyerIllustration(s): 18 Illustrations, black and white; 44 Tables, black and whiteNumber of pages: 262...

The 15: 17 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship and bravery, of near terrorist attack averted by three young men who found the heroic un...

Reducere. Thomas L. Johnson's remarkable life, wherein he was born into slavery before going on to a successful career as a minister and missionary, is told ...

The first section of this Element reviews the history of LGBTQ rights in the region since the 1960s. The second section reviews explanations for th...

It has become a commonplace to say that the Latin Fathers did not really hold a doctrine of deification. Indeed, it is often asserted that Western ...

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This book offers English translations of more than one hundred articles published in Black newspapers in Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and Uruguay. Esse...

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This book offers a comprehensive, region-wide examination of the politics of taxation in Latin America, one of the most pressing issues to confront...

After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. With Guatemala as the case study, this title ar...

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Focusing on the processes of accumulation, concentration, and centralisation of capital, Rubens Sawaya traces the transnationalisation of capital a...

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